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seen incredible interest and openness to putting in place a deal, both from president obama and leader boehner, and a number of members of congress. >> an aide to senator majority leader harry reid told fox news, the democrats are open to various tax loopholes only if the republicans agree first to raise taxes on those making $250,000 or higher. sound familiar, chris. >> does a bit. thanks from the white house. president obama won reelection on a promise to raise taxes on high earners as a plan to raise our massive debt. republicans say they agree with the goal, but want to do it a different way than the president. jim angle tonight on their alternative. >> president obama wants to take money from wealthy taxpayers, republicans say they're willing to raise revenues, but not tax rates. and that leaves ample middle ground that could satisfy both, putting a cap on the amount of deductions any one person could claim, such as $50,000. >> that means the maximum number of deductions you can take is $50,000, you can take it for anything you want, but you can't take more than 50,000. >> the tax policy
seen incredible interest and openness to putting in place a deal, both from president obama and leader boehner, and a number of members of congress. >> an aide to senator majority leader harry reid told fox news, the democrats are open to various tax loopholes only if the republicans agree first to raise taxes on those making $250,000 or higher. sound familiar, chris. >> does a bit. thanks from the white house. president obama won reelection on a promise to raise taxes on high...
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boehner raised the question. some of the things that the president was asking for i couldn't get through the house anyway. if he can make a deal with the president and it is still painful, even if it's not $1.4 trillion in new revenue can he get it through the house? how much danger is he in for losing the speakership if he doesn't stand firm enough on the president? >> he could be in fair bit of danger here. the question is, if he is willing to get something through the house without a majority of the caucus for. this hastert rule. speaker hastert would never bring something through unless majority of republicans to support it. >> chris: majority of the majority. >> so of course his speakership could be threatened here. one side story of this at least in washington is the majority leader. cantor has been not as front and center in the negotiations at all. is he waiting in the wings to help things out, waiting in the wings to be there if speaker boehner falls? that is an intrigue here. speaker boehner is committe
boehner raised the question. some of the things that the president was asking for i couldn't get through the house anyway. if he can make a deal with the president and it is still painful, even if it's not $1.4 trillion in new revenue can he get it through the house? how much danger is he in for losing the speakership if he doesn't stand firm enough on the president? >> he could be in fair bit of danger here. the question is, if he is willing to get something through the house without a...
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loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants mascot. the giants don't have a mascot! ohhh! eat up! new jammin jerk chicken soup has tasty pieces of chicken with rice and beans. hmmm. for giant hunger! thanks mom! see ya! whoaa...oops! mom? i'm ok. grandma? hi sweetie! she operates the head. [ male announcer ] campbell's chunky soup. it fills you up right. >> bret: finally tonight, the big power ball lottery is over but the house had its own lottery today the office lottery for the incoming class of house freshman who become lawmakers early next year. this is a really big deal. they draw lots for the
loser speaker of the house john boehner. he offered the president a peace pipe and got in return a demand that he turned over his sword, his shirt and at the end his trousers. that is a rather embarrassing position for the speaker. >> bret: he will be asked about it on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. that is it for the panel. but stay tuned to see one thing congress did accomplish today. victor! victor! i got your campbell's chunky soup. mom? who's mom? i'm the giants...
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. >> just in the last hour, speaker john boehner came over here. it was rather quickly that this came together. he is behind closed doors right now with the president, talking about the fiscal cliff. this may be a last ditch attempt to try to get a deal. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party, joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope about a deal. >> it's a work in propro gress. >> speaker boehner not so hopeful. >> it's this issue. spending. he rails against what he claims is not enough spending cut in the proposal and slammed the push for executive powr to raise the debt ceiling something that the democrats never would have given former president george w. bush. >> do you think there is any chance senator obama would have done that? zero. congress is never going to give up our ability to control the purse. >> new fox poll suggests the public wants spending reigned in, with 4% saying the federal government provides too many services. only 20% says too few services, 25% sa
. >> just in the last hour, speaker john boehner came over here. it was rather quickly that this came together. he is behind closed doors right now with the president, talking about the fiscal cliff. this may be a last ditch attempt to try to get a deal. >> president obama was not fretting about the fiscal cliff as he strolled to a holiday party, joking with fox news about the warm weather and expressing hope about a deal. >> it's a work in propro gress. >> speaker...
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john boehner said the details will be hashed out in the august recess and voted on in september. the top senate democrat said it took the issue out of the way for now. >> it will provide stability for the coming months, be free of riders. this is very good. >> reporter: the white house says the deal is a "welcome development." one of largest tea party groups, tea party patriots slammed boehner and reid, chastising them for showing "lack of guts" for avoiding what the tea party call a tough vote in an election year. bret? >> bret: molly, thank you. the city we're in tonight, stockton, california, is not the only city in this country facing uncertain financial future. vice president joe biden's hometown is going through the budgetary bends. david milner cranton, pennsylvania. david? >> reporter: the city of scranton made national news when he said he couldn't made payroll and everyone would have to earn minimum wage, $7.25, including the police, firemen, tab mayor. who slashed his own salary. the mayor ignored in court order that said he had to honor collective bargaining agreement
john boehner said the details will be hashed out in the august recess and voted on in september. the top senate democrat said it took the issue out of the way for now. >> it will provide stability for the coming months, be free of riders. this is very good. >> reporter: the white house says the deal is a "welcome development." one of largest tea party groups, tea party patriots slammed boehner and reid, chastising them for showing "lack of guts" for avoiding what...
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boehner's patience appearance to have run out. >> we have given them ample opportunity to comply. even as late as yesterday. the white house sat down with some of our staff to outline what they would be willing to do. unfortunately, they're not willing to show the american people the truth about what happened. >> reporter: justice officials did show republican staff a representative sample of all documents withheld. new fox news poll says 38% of voters think the fight over "fast and furious" is better described as a coverup by the white house, while 32% says it's a witch hunt by congressional republicans. on the president asserting executive privilege, 343% of those surveyed say it showed the administration is hiding something, while 42% say the white house has legitimate reason. while the committee level contempt vote was along party lines, already some democrats said they will vote in favor of the resolution. house democratic leaders tried to down play support from the ranks. >> you will find a small number of democrats and republicans who will take action on this contempt citat
boehner's patience appearance to have run out. >> we have given them ample opportunity to comply. even as late as yesterday. the white house sat down with some of our staff to outline what they would be willing to do. unfortunately, they're not willing to show the american people the truth about what happened. >> reporter: justice officials did show republican staff a representative sample of all documents withheld. new fox news poll says 38% of voters think the fight over...
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. >> some republicans are pushing boehner an other leaders to accept an extension of the middle class cuts to avoid the white house blaming them for crash over taxes on the rich. >> everybody is waiting for schedule to go up. unless we fix that paradoxically. president obama becomes defender of the bush tax cuts for 98% of the people. he is no such thing. >> the president is seething on the comments to say -- seizing on the comments to say he is optimistic about a deal. >> we could get it done tomorrow. >> budget expert erskine bowles said the opposite. >> i'm worried we have a possibility we could go off the cliff. that would be catastrophic. >> bowles said there is a two-third chance of us going over the cliff. though he said he still hopeful we can have both tax hikes and spending cuts to avoid that. the president said he is willing to have a framework for spending cuts. republicans think the word "framework" is squishy. >> bret: ed henry on the north lawn wearing the team uniform. thank you. republicans so far are sticking to the guns on the tax revenue increases and the spending
. >> some republicans are pushing boehner an other leaders to accept an extension of the middle class cuts to avoid the white house blaming them for crash over taxes on the rich. >> everybody is waiting for schedule to go up. unless we fix that paradoxically. president obama becomes defender of the bush tax cuts for 98% of the people. he is no such thing. >> the president is seething on the comments to say -- seizing on the comments to say he is optimistic about a deal....
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former house speaker dennis hastert and current speaker john boehner. but democrats see an opportunity to chip away at boehner's team, the republican majority in the u.s. house. >> if you have a choice from 500 precinct workers or person with a pencil draw the map, take the pencil. >> they have used the pencil to favor their party. >> as a result of redistricting there are at least four republican districts in that i would say are tossup or lead to democrat. >> for example, shilling district 17 went from a sprawling stretch that slightly favored democrats to a more compact area adding the cities of rockford and peoria. >> with redistricting it leans slightly more democratic than the previous 30 years. if you look at hard numbers it looks good. >> sherry, the democrat challenging shilling enjoys the support of the top congressional democrat senator dick durbin. other at-risk illinois republicans in "d" leaning districts include joe walsh in the eighth district. house democrats are counting on redistricting alone in illinois and elsewhere. to give them ab
former house speaker dennis hastert and current speaker john boehner. but democrats see an opportunity to chip away at boehner's team, the republican majority in the u.s. house. >> if you have a choice from 500 precinct workers or person with a pencil draw the map, take the pencil. >> they have used the pencil to favor their party. >> as a result of redistricting there are at least four republican districts in that i would say are tossup or lead to democrat. >> for...
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his own debt reduction plan and negotiated personally, albeit unsuccessfully with house speaker john boehner. the fact is this has been a busy season with the fact-checkers with the pinocchios and pants on fire rebukes for both campaigns as both aired claims that have been factually channeled. the good news is there is 68 days to go. >> bret: you are just over by maine. if you turn around i'm by washington. other way. other way. over here. over here on the floor. >> i'll find you. don't worry. >> bret: 20 yards away. congressman ryan had down time today. he spent time with governor romney out here on the floor. he and governor romney were on the convention floor visiting friends and staff members. brief moment for picture caught by all the tv cameras, and just after that, i caught up with congressman ryan. /started by asking him about coming out on stage last night. last night you came out and looked at first a little emotional. you talked about your mom. your dad who passed when you were 16. most people said mid-speech you caught your stride. is that a fair assessment? >> yeah. once i crack
his own debt reduction plan and negotiated personally, albeit unsuccessfully with house speaker john boehner. the fact is this has been a busy season with the fact-checkers with the pinocchios and pants on fire rebukes for both campaigns as both aired claims that have been factually channeled. the good news is there is 68 days to go. >> bret: you are just over by maine. if you turn around i'm by washington. other way. other way. over here. over here on the floor. >> i'll find you....
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house speaker john boehner says there is a real chance that republicans will fail to retain control of the house in november. boehner made the comment with bill hemmer. >> there is a two in three chance we get control of the house again. but one in three chance we could lose. we have a big challenge and we work to do. >> bret: you can see all of that interview tomorrow morning 9:00 eastern on america news room. >>> now to the president usual race. we believe we know who will be at the top of the respective tickets and we got an indication today who else might be on the november ballot. chief political correspondent carl cameron has the story from one of the primary states pennsylvania. >> reporter: mitt romney will campaign with most of the top vice presidential prospects. marco rubio, a conservative latino and tea party favorite is big. >> glad to be here with the next president of the united states. look forward to being part of the effort to help in any way i can. >> rubio has been deflecting questions about the vice presidency since before his 2010 senate election. now rubio says h
house speaker john boehner says there is a real chance that republicans will fail to retain control of the house in november. boehner made the comment with bill hemmer. >> there is a two in three chance we get control of the house again. but one in three chance we could lose. we have a big challenge and we work to do. >> bret: you can see all of that interview tomorrow morning 9:00 eastern on america news room. >>> now to the president usual race. we believe we know who...
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late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he would like to simplify the tax code. mr. obama says he wants congress to act now to extend tax cut for middle class and try to avoid boxing himself in on upcoming negotiation. >> i'm open to come plo mize and new ideas. i have been encouraged for republicans to agree to more revenue as part of the arithmetic if we are serious to reduce deficit. >> the top republican in senate who is a key player in upcoming talks says raising taxes on the upper income americans does not add up. >> you can't raise taxes enough. the argument on whether or not we should raise tax rates on people above $250,000 would have produ
late today, boehner said the president's position is flawed. >> we are not going to hurt our economy an make job creation more difficult. which is exactly what that plan would do. >> letter sent by the u.s. chamber of commerce and signed by 232 organizations calls on the president and congress to immediately extend all the tax cuts and find other cuts to replace sequestration. the president suggested taking a closer look at reforming entitlements without offing details and says he...
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boehner. there were no new ideas. >> no new ideas today either, which is why top republicans say his time is running out. >> his policies aren't working. i think that is the problem that he's got. so, yeah, he gave a long speech. pointing fingers at a lot of other people. but he define talk about what he wants to do to turn things around. >> former president bill clinton also spoke at the college on the eve of the 2010 mid-terms and made this offer. >> so, don't go back in reverse. give us two more years, if it doesn't work, vote us out then. >> two years later, mr. obama was back, pleading for more side. >> the other side will spend $is billion on ads to tell you the economy is bad. that it's all my fault. that i can't fix it because i think go government is always te answer. >> after standing up for the middle class in ohio, the president is in new york city, rubbing elbows to sara jessica parker and "vogue" magazine raising $4.5 million for his campaign. chris? >> chris: learn the economic
boehner. there were no new ideas. >> no new ideas today either, which is why top republicans say his time is running out. >> his policies aren't working. i think that is the problem that he's got. so, yeah, he gave a long speech. pointing fingers at a lot of other people. but he define talk about what he wants to do to turn things around. >> former president bill clinton also spoke at the college on the eve of the 2010 mid-terms and made this offer. >> so, don't go back...
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. >> that's not true at all because it's john boehner and eric cantor who set the time frame for this. >> polls give the president a substantial lead over mitt romney among jewish voters, but not nearly as big as the lead he enjoyed over john mccain. the romney camp hopes just reducing the advantage will help change the outcome in november. brett? >> bret: wendell goler, thank you. the opening ceremony for the summer olympics is going on right now in london. more than 10,000 athletes from 200 countries will compete in 34 venues. attendance is expected to approach 9 million. the games are said to be 101% over their original budget already. tonight senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot explains whether hosting the olympics will be a golden experience to the british economy. >> the olympics are in london, including so thousand 500 athlete, millions of visitors and with the reregulation, the u.k. hopes for business. >> the economy is bumping along the b. we need all the stimulus we can get. >> some claim it will set records. boosting spending by $1.2 billion. creating 50,000 te
. >> that's not true at all because it's john boehner and eric cantor who set the time frame for this. >> polls give the president a substantial lead over mitt romney among jewish voters, but not nearly as big as the lead he enjoyed over john mccain. the romney camp hopes just reducing the advantage will help change the outcome in november. brett? >> bret: wendell goler, thank you. the opening ceremony for the summer olympics is going on right now in london. more than 10,000...
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. >> house speaker john boehner was warning republicans there will be no spiking of the ball if the high court strikes down the healthcare law, house g.o.p. was huddling to plan all contingencies. >> house will vote to repeal whatever is left of obamacare. then we need to enact common sense, step-by-step reforms to protect jobs and protect american's access to the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. >> in the memo to colleagues, chairman of the house republican conference jeb hensarling warns to prepare for three potential ruling. full repeal. partial repeal. or law left intact. he advised members to schedule time to read the entire decision. to prepare statements for all three scenarios and consider scheduling teletown halls. that is in expectation of a decision which will have profound and lasting effects. >> no matter how the supreme court rules this will be a seismic decision. if they uphold the mandate or strike down the mandate, either way they will be defining the relationship between the government and the citizen for decades to come. >> publicly expressin
. >> house speaker john boehner was warning republicans there will be no spiking of the ball if the high court strikes down the healthcare law, house g.o.p. was huddling to plan all contingencies. >> house will vote to repeal whatever is left of obamacare. then we need to enact common sense, step-by-step reforms to protect jobs and protect american's access to the care they need from the doctor they choose at a lower cost. >> in the memo to colleagues, chairman of the house...
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house boehner has been urging the president to start now on what is known on taxbegeddon. sign tainous exploration this end of this year of $500 billion of annual tax cuts. >> where is the president's plan to tack the looming debt crisis? where the budget, where the president's plan to stop the largest tax increase in american history from occurring january 1 in >> a key democrat acknowledged there aren't many calls from the president but argues it doesn't matter, while another says it's not true. >> i think he is pretty smart. you know, the president has got so much on his plate. the last thing he needs to be doing is calling up people who are his supporters up here. >> unfortunate they have president in leadership meeting and beyond. i feel that that channel of communication is excellent. >> some say the president can't get much done in an election year, but some things have to get done. it's just not clear how much the president can to influence what happens. bret? >> jim, thank you. stocks were nearly unchanged today. the dow lost two. s&p 500 added less than a point.
house boehner has been urging the president to start now on what is known on taxbegeddon. sign tainous exploration this end of this year of $500 billion of annual tax cuts. >> where is the president's plan to tack the looming debt crisis? where the budget, where the president's plan to stop the largest tax increase in american history from occurring january 1 in >> a key democrat acknowledged there aren't many calls from the president but argues it doesn't matter, while another says...
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. >> speaker boehner noted that the house passed a bill for sequestration and would like to extend tax cut for a year to allow time to work on comprehensive tax reform. before leaving washington, senate majority leader focused on extending the tax cut for middle class. >> congressional sources says it will be based on who wins the election. >> bret: thank you. does it really all come down to ohio? we will ask the fox all-stars. wrap-up of 2012 when we return. [ male announcer ] introducing a reason to look twice. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. the entirely new lexus es and the first-ever es hybrid. one is for a clean, wedomestic energy future that puts us in control. our abundant natural gas is already saving us money, producing cleaner electricity, putting us to work here in america and supporting wind and solar. though all energy development comes with some risk, we're committed to safely and responsibly producing natural gas. it's not a dream. america's natural gas... putting us in control of our energy future, now. >>> i w
. >> speaker boehner noted that the house passed a bill for sequestration and would like to extend tax cut for a year to allow time to work on comprehensive tax reform. before leaving washington, senate majority leader focused on extending the tax cut for middle class. >> congressional sources says it will be based on who wins the election. >> bret: thank you. does it really all come down to ohio? we will ask the fox all-stars. wrap-up of 2012 when we return. [ male announcer...
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. >> reporter: aide to speaker john boehner tonight firing back that by the president's standard, republicans may now be able to say that the ryan put passed with a strong majority, in a democratically elected congress. bret? >> bret: ed henry, live on the north lawn. thank you. the supreme court ruled today people arrested for minor offenses may be subjected to invasive strip searches in jail. the vote was 5-4. attorney's for new jersey man said the strip searches in two county jails violated his zil rights. majority opinion said the courts must defer to the judgment of the correctional officials. mitt romney is now halfway home in his bid for the republican presidential nomination. according to the "associated press," romney inched up to a 572 delegate lead today. 572 delegates in all today. after tennessee finalized the primary result. that is half the 1144 needed. romney is hoping to pick up more tomorrow. correspondent steve brown sets the stage for us from wisconsin. >> after nibbling on cheese curds, rick santorum gave those wanting him to drop out something from 2008. >> week or two b
. >> reporter: aide to speaker john boehner tonight firing back that by the president's standard, republicans may now be able to say that the ryan put passed with a strong majority, in a democratically elected congress. bret? >> bret: ed henry, live on the north lawn. thank you. the supreme court ruled today people arrested for minor offenses may be subjected to invasive strip searches in jail. the vote was 5-4. attorney's for new jersey man said the strip searches in two county...
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have florida senator marco rubio followed by an exclusive interview wednesday with house speaker john boehner. it is going to
have florida senator marco rubio followed by an exclusive interview wednesday with house speaker john boehner. it is going to